He also let me leaf through a magnificent 1487 edition of La Comedia, the so-called Brescia Dante printed by Boninus de Boninis, the first edition illuminated with woodcuts.
Modern Library's is the more elegant, inviting translation, but Wesleyan's has the advantage of including all 150 of the gorgeous woodcuts created for the original French 1870 version.
In London 360 years ago this month, a small volume, illustrated with woodcuts of fish and several pages of jovial songs about the out-of-doors, went on sale in London at Richard Marriott's shop facing St.